We've always admired that certain finesse -- a commitment to craft, if you will -- about the wizard that's missing from the careless hacks of a barbarian. Well, just see for yourself.
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Posted: Oct 10th 2008 5:43PM Morisato13 said
Blizzard's timeframe is always the same...
From now until the end of time.
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From now until the end of time.
Posted: Oct 10th 2008 4:29PM Vidikron said
I didn't the first time, but when you said "6" I instantly thought, "I know I saw more than that". So I watched it again and counted. There may have even been another one in there, but it was hard to tell in some of the larger group battles. Anyway, I'm not sure what you're expecting as far as "finishers" goes. Diablo games don't have MK-like finishing moves, crazy minute long spells like FF, or QTE finishers like God of War.
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Posted: Oct 10th 2008 7:24PM BananaBoat said
Is it just me, or did they greatly decrease the field of view around the player? The gameplay in this video feels alot more like Diablo II than the Barbarian demo does. I hope it's a sign that they actually changed it.
This game will probably come out during finals week and ruin me.
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This game will probably come out during finals week and ruin me.
Posted: Oct 10th 2008 2:30PM SecretAgentHam said
i sure would hope so! i'm kind of counting on that for some good times with friends.
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Posted: Oct 10th 2008 2:30PM (Unverified) said
JavaScript errors on the page is preventing me from seeing the video =[
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Posted: Oct 10th 2008 2:31PM SecretAgentHam said
Damn google chrome wouldnt load it up for me. had to result to Firefox 3... damn beta's
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Posted: Oct 10th 2008 2:34PM (Unverified) said
It was there before, but yeah, now it's just a blank spot.
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Posted: Oct 10th 2008 2:37PM (Unverified) said
Doesn't load for me on FF3 or IE7. Looks like there's a scripting error.
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Posted: Oct 10th 2008 4:14PM (Unverified) said
hehe, I'm running Firefox 2 and no ad-blocking and I've never had a problem viewing videos on Joystiq
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Posted: Oct 10th 2008 2:40PM (Unverified) said
Sigh I really wanna watch it =(. Firefox and safari are showing me nothing!
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Posted: Oct 10th 2008 2:51PM Vorbis said
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2azMHCaO_k til they fix it, qualitys crap but if you're desperate to see it...
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Posted: Oct 10th 2008 3:09PM (Unverified) said
The first half-minute of it was awesome, despite what others are saying, and then King Leoric made his appearance, and I waited for his epic one-liner, only to be disappointed by his...nerdy voice.
I mean, don't get me wrong, the wizard looks awesome, but poor Leoric :(
http://lazygeek.grimforge.com
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I mean, don't get me wrong, the wizard looks awesome, but poor Leoric :(
http://lazygeek.grimforge.com
Posted: Oct 10th 2008 3:10PM Keithustus said
Looks great but I wish they had some decent AI. Maybe we're just seeing the demons who are stupidly forward attacking rather than some hide and ambush demons.
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Posted: Oct 10th 2008 3:35PM (Unverified) said
Ok. Im gonna be playing a wizard! Cant wait to see more spells!!
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Posted: Oct 10th 2008 4:17PM (Unverified) said
I'm a mere agent of chaos, sir. Here to get my words as white as possible.
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Posted: Oct 10th 2008 3:21PM (Unverified) said
Here's a better video on Diablo 3's website that shows more of the wizard's abilities.
http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/media/movies/wizard.xml
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http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/media/movies/wizard.xml
Posted: Oct 10th 2008 3:39PM Zertoss said
Thanks for that link. I didn't expect to see anything on Blizzard's site so soon.
Some of those spells look even more interesting now. Like that time slowing bubble, how she used it to slow a bunch of incoming spells and blast them back at the casters with that energy blast. Looks like she has the old necro favorite Corpse Explosion too.
DIII.net is saying that there are 3 skill trees with 15 spells each and they haven't even finished the trees yet.
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Some of those spells look even more interesting now. Like that time slowing bubble, how she used it to slow a bunch of incoming spells and blast them back at the casters with that energy blast. Looks like she has the old necro favorite Corpse Explosion too.
DIII.net is saying that there are 3 skill trees with 15 spells each and they haven't even finished the trees yet.
Posted: Oct 10th 2008 4:35PM Rabidkeebler said
I saw that, and combine that with some of the stuff in the new video (meteor storm? type spell), new flamethrower, ice spells, plus that reflection spell and the multi clone summon spell. It seems to me that there are atleast 4 trees now. Fire, Lightning (Storm?), Ice, and Arcane.
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Posted: Oct 10th 2008 4:42PM Zertoss said
From http://www.diii.net/blog/comments/wizard-first-reactions/
"There are 3 wizard skill trees. conjuring, arcane, storm. all of the trees have 4 or 5 skills in each tier, and there are tiers at level 1, 5, 10, and 15. 20 is listed, but has no skills yet. there are no dependencies per skill, but you need 10 points invested to use any level 10 spells, and 15 to use any 15. In each tree."
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"There are 3 wizard skill trees. conjuring, arcane, storm. all of the trees have 4 or 5 skills in each tier, and there are tiers at level 1, 5, 10, and 15. 20 is listed, but has no skills yet. there are no dependencies per skill, but you need 10 points invested to use any level 10 spells, and 15 to use any 15. In each tree."
Posted: Oct 10th 2008 4:53PM (Unverified) said
looks bad ass. Seems they made it a bit darker, but it is still colorful. What I see here looks,sounds and feels like Diablo.. Awesome.
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Posted: Oct 10th 2008 5:36PM (Unverified) said
Think it looks okay.. Like the dark theme they got on to it.. From http://diablo3x.com/classes/wizard:
Wizard has masteries that increase casting speed, all types of damage, critical hits in types of damage, provide physical and magial armor. boost weapon damage, etc. huge variety.
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Wizard has masteries that increase casting speed, all types of damage, critical hits in types of damage, provide physical and magial armor. boost weapon damage, etc. huge variety.
Posted: Oct 10th 2008 6:33PM Dummy00001 said
Unless they include some moronic DRM, I see no reason not to buy D3 on launch.
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Posted: Oct 10th 2008 6:35PM (Unverified) said
c'mon blizzard i gived up asking for a quarter of release... now i just want the year of release.. and plz dont say 2010. PLZ
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